Peninsula Steel Love

Chapter 720 Why are you here?

"Come on, Director Zhou, let's sit down and chat. I happen to have something to ask you."

"looking for me?"

"We're not in a hurry to talk about this. What would you like to drink, coffee or tea?"

"Tea, I can't drink coffee."

"OK."

Jin Yingmin turned around and winked at An Qixuan. An Qixuan got the idea and immediately got up and went to the door to tell his secretary, but he never came back.

It didn't take long for the female secretary to bring the brewed tea in, and she didn't forget to close the office door before leaving. As a result, only Zhou Jing and Jin Yingmin were left in the office.

Haha, looking at the situation, what Jin Yingmin is going to talk about next is not easy. Even An Qixuan has been sent out. Of course, Zhou Jing is more or less aware of the other party's plan. There must be something going on. It's a matter of time.

It's just that after Kim Young Min sat down, he didn't get into the topic directly. Instead, he started talking about something casual.

"Director Zhou, actually Qixuan and I were talking about you before you came. I didn't expect you to say that Cao Cao is about to arrive."

"Oh? What are you talking about about me? Your company wants to enter the steel industry, right?" Zhou Jing joked calmly.

"I'm kidding, your industry is so far away from ours. It's like a mountain apart. Actually Chil-hyun and I were talking about YG's President Yang Hyun-suk." At this point, Kim Young-min leaned forward and continued in a low voice,

"I heard that he was so angry at your words that he threw a cup in the office, haha."

Jin Yingmin was naturally in a sour mood when he saw his old rival suffer such a huge loss, and Zhou Jing even thought that this matter was not worth talking about at all.

"If you have time to throw cups, why not strengthen the company's internal construction? I still don't have an attitude. I guess those words were in vain."

"That's not the case. Just because President Yang doesn't care doesn't mean that others do too. At least I listened." Jin Yingmin suddenly put away his smile and said seriously,

"After all, isn't it the company that suffers the most when artists are disqualified? They also have to help wipe their butts. I can't say enough that this is a wake-up call every day."

"Yes, indeed." Zhou Dingding nodded in agreement.

If idols want to become popular, in addition to professional skills and good works, personal image management is also very important. The reason why many idols choose to be otakus and otakus is because they are worried that they will accidentally be caught by the media or fans in public. Got something wrong.

That would not only have a negative impact on the person but also the group to which he belongs. However, the man did not apologize or repent, but the agency behind him actually pretended to be deaf and dumb.

If you continue to indulge like this, something will happen sooner or later. Zhou Jing silently made a judgment on the other party in his heart, but his words turned out to be true.

Three years later, T.O.P Choi Seunghyun was reported to have smoked contraband during his enlistment in the army. His hair was tested by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Narcotics Crime Investigation Team and the result was positive.

According to Cui Shengxuan's own confession, he has taken drugs with a female trainee named Han of the company at his home in Seoul many times since 2016.

In the end, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison and suspended for 2 years by the Seoul Central District Court. He truly became a stained artist.

However, this was only the beginning. Two years after Cui Shengxuan's accident, the "Victory Gate" incident that shocked the entire Korean society broke out.

Another member of BigBang, Li Shengli, was investigated by the Seoul police for multiple crimes including sexual entertainment, sex trade intermediary, embezzlement of public funds, bribing the police, illegal distribution of videos of unconscious women, drug abuse, and tax evasion.

This case has wide implications, not only in the entertainment industry but also in the political and business circles. Angry Korean people have petitioned the Blue House to demand a thorough investigation of the case, with more than 20 people petitioning.

Li Shengli was also serving at the time, so the South Korean military prosecutors quickly arrested and prosecuted him. After the court trial, he was sentenced to three years in prison at the first instance, and was later commuted to 1 year and 6 months in prison at the second instance.

At this point, the image of Big Bang, a generational group, has completely collapsed, and the matter is not over yet, because the case of Li Shengli has also brought out a character, he is the founder and president of YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun Suk.

This guy has a nickname called "Yang Juhua". Even his artists call him that. It's just because the nickname started so early that there is no way to verify it. However, there is a saying that Yang Hyun Suk was called Yang Juhua because he deserved a beating. , the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.

After the Victory Gate incident, he was also accused of sexual entertainment cases and involvement in drug investigations. He was also suspected of illegal overseas gambling. For this reason, the Intelligent Crime Investigation Team of the Seoul Regional Police Agency conducted a raid on the YG Entertainment Building to collect evidence.

Yang Hyun Suk himself was banned from traveling abroad by the police. The combination of various events caused the stock price of YG Entertainment to plummet and the largest shareholder to withdraw capital, which forced Yang Hyun Suk to announce his resignation from all positions in YG Entertainment.

As the saying goes, a fire at the city gate touches the fish in the pond. A series of illegal scandals involving YG caused the market value of the five major Korean agencies to drop by 5870 billion won. Among them, the national pension of Korean people directly evaporated by 332 billion won.

However, economic losses are only one aspect. The incident also caused a huge negative impact overseas, and the impact on the image that K-Pop has always created is simply incalculable.

Well, it is magical enough for YG to take over the entire Korean entertainment industry on its own. Who would have thought that there would be someone who is better than his predecessor.

A few years later, a Thai migrant worker owned by YG actually slapped all Asian women in the face with a show, completely putting himself and YG Entertainment on the pillar of shame, which was unexpected by everyone.
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Back to the subject, back in the director's office of SM, Zhou Jingcai didn't care about the quality of YG, he had a close relationship with him. At this moment, he was more concerned about the topic that Kim Young Min was about to bring up.

Indeed, the pleasantries were almost enough. The foreplay should not be too long. It was time to talk about business, so Jin Yingmin put down the coffee cup and asked casually:

"Director Zhou, how is Shirley's child lately?"

"It's okay, I'm quite busy. Don't prepare to join the group." Zhou Jing knew clearly that this should be the opponent's starting move. “Well, I heard that she set up a brokerage company in China called Snow View Media?”

"Hey, that's just a grassroots team. Zhenri and Xiujing are just messing around."

"Jinjia? Haha." Jin Yingmin looked Zhou Jing up and down and suddenly sighed, "Director Zhou, I thought we were friends, but it seems like you don't think so."

"Oh? Why did Representative Jin say this?" Zhou Jing took a sip from the tea cup and replied calmly.

Well, still trying to understand and pretending to be confused, Jin Yingmin decided not to talk in circles when he saw this situation. He took out one of the documents from the pile on the coffee table and handed it to Zhou Jing.

"Yu Li Xi has officially proposed to the company that in the future, Xuejing Media will represent her in terms of acting and variety show contracts in China. The company is currently negotiating with Xuejing Media."

Sure enough, this is still the case after going around and around. When Shirley La Yuri joined, Zhou Jing foresaw that SM Entertainment would definitely react, just because she was a member of Girls' Generation.

Unlike other groups in the company, Girls' Generation's Chinese trademark rights are in the hands of nine of them. This means that unless Yuri sings Girls' Generation songs, she does not need SM's authorization to act as a Girls' Generation member in China.

In other words, SM company can't get a dime. Well, it's just Kwon Yuri. Originally, the company couldn't give her any resources, but what about the other members.

Don't forget that Lin Yoona has already entered the mainland market. She is the front door that SM has put up with great effort. What if she also proposes to join Snow View Media?

Don't think that this is a fantasy. This is exactly another reason why Jin Yingmin is afraid. Although Xuejing Media is a new company, the national team of Huano Culture is standing behind it.

What's more, one thing surprised Kim Young-min. With just one phone call, Lim Yoon-ah and Kwon Yoo-ri were able to be inserted into "Run, Brother" as temporary guests. This is even difficult for SM companies to do.

With so many connections and resources, who can guarantee that Lin Yoona will not be tempted? By the way, there is also Seohyun. You must know that the exclusive management contracts of the nine members of Girls’ Generation have less than three years left.

That’s why Jin Yingmin wanted to talk to Zhou Jing. From SM’s perspective, there are some things that must be prepared for a rainy day. What surprised Jin Yingmin was that Zhou Jing took the document without even looking at it. Instead, he smiled and said slowly:

"I think this should be a good thing, Representative Kim, isn't it?"

Jin Yingmin was stunned and his eyes instantly lit up. There was a way. The other party didn't seem to refuse a new round of cooperation with SM, so that would be much easier.

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details." Jin Yingmin simply showed off his cards.

In fact, getting to this point was entirely within Zhou Jing's expectation. He had done similar war games with Shirley and Crystal in Magic City, but his idea almost scared those two guys to death.

"It's nothing more than cooperation. Thanks to your company's respect, how about Xuejing Media give you some shares? Haha." Although Zhou Jing said it was calm, Jin Yingmin immediately lost his composure.

"Jinjia? How much can you give?"

"Then it depends on the sincerity of your company. Of course, you don't need to think about controlling the company. Xuejing Media is not short of money."

"What do you mean?"

"Cooperation requires a win-win situation. You can't do it with nothing. Of course, I have a prerequisite."

"What conditions?"

Zhou Jing and Jin Yingmin talked for a long time in the office. The secretary outside the door tried to remind them several times that it was lunch time, but she never had the courage to knock on the door until...

"Please come in." Jin Yingmin responded immediately after hearing the knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, the person who came in shocked him and Zhou Jing, especially Zhou Jing who didn't expect that the other person would come to the company on the weekend. Normally, she shouldn't be lying at home at this time.

"Director Xiuyan, you're here. I just have something to do, you guys continue, haha." Jin Yingmin stood up first and prepared to get out of the way.

"Hey, President Nim, aren't you going to sit down for a while?" Jessica glanced at the two of them and felt something was strange.

"Ani, it's rare for Director Zhou to come to the company, so please take good care of Director Xiuyan."

After that, Jin Yingmin walked away. Jessica looked at his retreating back with doubts in her heart. At this moment, Zhou Jing's voice came unexpectedly.

"Stop looking, he's busy next. By the way, Xiuyan, why are you here?"

"Yeah, this is my office and I can't come."

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(End of this chapter)